Youngkin administration says unknown number of eligible voters were wrongly removed from rolls

[rogue emissary]

From the AP.

Updated 1:01 PM EDT, October 4, 2023

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration acknowledged this week, with early voting underway, that it is working to fix an error that caused an unknown number of eligible Virginians to be removed from the voter rolls.

State election officials are working with Virginia State Police to identify voters whose registration was “canceled in error” and begin the process of having those people immediately reinstated, Andrea Gaines, a spokesperson for the Department of Elections, told VPM News Tuesday.

The Richmond news outlet reported the problem appears to stem from recent changes the agency has made in an attempt to remove people from the rolls who had their voting rights restored by a governor but went on to be convicted of a new felony. . . .

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-voters-removed-election-e84101527ca75d441afd6f57de17d8b2

[DFW]

1. Republicans removing eligible voters from their voting rights. Where HAVE I heard this before?

Oh, yeah. NOW I remember. Just about everywhere they can, THAT’S where.

[rogue emissary]

3. "Unknown number"

Sounds like a big pile of BS to me.

[Think. Again.]

6. I would gladly...

...take a bet that the vast majority of that "unknown number" are registered as Democrats, or live in heavily blue areas.

[rogue emissary]

7. Exactly.

[DFW]

10. Unknown to the people affected, maybe

Youngkin’s bureaucratic thugs could probably look at 34,693 and 34,692 and tell you which one is wrong.

[underpants]

2. I need to go and vote just to be sure.

[rogue emissary]

4. You can check your status and info online.

Https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation

I check every election.

[underpants]

9. Thanks. Checked out my wife and I. 👍

[Think. Again.]

5. Yeah, well, ...

...maybe the state police, or the FBI, should be working on investigating WHO ATTEMPTED TO DENY VOTERS THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE!

Sorry for the allcaps, but this sh!t is way too common and needs to be stopped immediately. And the only way to stop it seems to be to put those who mess around with American's Right to Vote in frikkin prison. EVEN if they claim it was a 'mistake' (after conviction in a court of law, of course).

Just pile them all up in prison.

[rogue emissary]

8. Right there with you in wanting to lock em up.

[OldBaldy1701E]

11. Yep. Let's see how much the 'we love prisons' bunch...

Loves them when they are guests in one. I bet there will be some re-wording of a number of federal and state laws pertaining to felon's rights once we stop playing around and lock their greedy, lecherous asses up.

[Recursion]

12. "Mistake"

[LiberalFighter]

13. In my opinion the state police should not be involved.

The election commission should handle it unless there is a crime.

[rogue emissary]

16. Believe their involved and being blamed because it started with them.

From the article.

working to fix an issue that misclassified probation violations as felonies

I do agree that the police departments shouldn't be actively working to classify and purge people from the voter roles.

[TeamProg]

14. So, was it corruption or incompetence? nt

[rogue emissary]

15. Both, IMO.